Living architecture : green roofs and walls / Graeme Hopkins and Christine Goodwin.

Extensively illustrated with photographs and drawings, this book highlights the most exciting green roof and living wall projects in Australia and New Zealand within an international context. Cities around the world are becoming denser, with greater built form resulting in more hard surfaces and less green space, leaving little room for vegetation or habitat. One way of creating more natural environments within cities is to incorporate green roofs and walls in new buildings or to retrofit them in existing structures. This practice has long been established in Europe and elsewhere, and now Australia and New Zealand have begun to embrace it. The installation of green roofs and walls has many benefits, including the management of stormwater and improved water quality by retaining and filtering rainwater through the plants' soil and root uptake zone; reducing the 'urban heat island effect' in cities; increasing real estate values around green roofs and reducing energy consumption within the interior space by shading, insulation and reducing noise level from outside; and providing biodiversity opportunities via a vertical link between the roof and the ground.

This book will appeal to a wide range of readers, from students and practitioners of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning and ecology, through to members of the community interested in how they can more effectively use the rooftops and walls of their homes or workplaces to increase green open space in the urban environment.

Contents: 1. Context and classifications -- 2. Benefits and drivers -- 3. Design principles -- 4. Green roof case studies -- 5. Living wall case studies -- 6. Ground to roof connection -- 7. Planting design guidelines -- 8. Creating open space -- 9. Tackling climate change -- 10. Role of government -- 11. Research, advocacy and capacity building.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-285) and index.

Provides design inspiration and practical advice on using green roofs and living walls. Extensively illustrated with photographs and drawings, it highlights the most exciting green roof and living wall projects in Australia and New Zealand within an international context. Cities around the world are becoming denser, with greater built form resulting in more hard surfaces and less green space, leaving little room for vegetation or habitat. One way of creating more natural environments within cities is to incorporate green roofs and walls in new buildings or to retrofit them in existing structures. The installation of green roofs and walls has many benefits, including: management of stormwater and improved water quality, reducing the 'urbane heat island effect', increasing real estate values around green roofs, reducing energy consumption.

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Context and classificaitons -- Benefits and drivers -- Design principles -- Green roof case studies -- Living wall case studies -- Ground to roof connection -- Planting design guidelines -- Creating open space -- Tackling climate change -- Role of government -- Research, advocacy and capacity building.

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